NYC transit agency ends Twitter alerts, says it’s unreliable

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Credit: AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Agency, which for 14 years…

What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, which is also known as a deer tick. Ticks will be more…

Are endocrine-disrupting chemicals causing a decline in fertility in men? Here’s how ideology corrupts evidence-based science

Attempts to make science conform to ideology have enjoyed a long and dispiriting history. For many centuries, religion was the main perpetrator, and scientists and philosophers who ran afoul of…

Older drivers drinking or using drugs up to four times likelier to be at fault during a car crash

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Substance use among older drivers increases the probability of them being at-fault two to four times during a crash, a new study, analyzing nine years’ worth…

Cheap cobalt catalyst makes record ammonia

Newswise — Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the world, with a production of over 187 million tons in 2020. About 85% of it is…

US should begin laying the foundation for new and advanced nuclear reactors, says new report

Credit: CC0 Public Domain New and advanced types of nuclear reactors could play an important role in helping the U.S. meet its long-term climate goals, but a range of technical,…

A soothing remedy for gambling addiction

Oxyhemoglobin (oxy-Hb) concentration in the prefrontal cortex in response to auditory stimulation using nature sounds was remarkably low in participants, indicating positive physiological effects. Fig 2. Using the modified semantic…

Here are 5 cool findings from a massive project on 240 mammal genomes

Citations N.S. Upham and M.J. Landis. Genomics expands the mammalverse. Science. Vol. 380, April 28, 2023, p. 359. doi: 10.1126/science.add2209. I. Gallego Romero. Seeing humans through an evolutionary lens. Science. Vol. 380, April 28,…

CryoSat reveals ice loss from glaciers

While Greenland and Antarctica are losing masses of ice, so too are most of the glaciers around the world, but it’s tricky to measure how much ice they are shedding.…

Statue depicting Buddha found in Ancient Egyptian city |

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